WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, William Bendix

Turner/MGM; Directed by George Stevens

Black and White; Not Rated; 114 minutes; 1942

The first teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Tracy plays a sportswriter, Hepburn a sophisticated and famous international commentator. They marry and, eventually reach a compromise between his down-to-earth lifestyle and her fast-paced professional life. One exceptional scene has Kate attempting to understand her first baseball game under Tracy's impatient yet careful guidance.